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Date : near 1624
Sizes : 64 cm x 64 cm
Material : Peinture à l'huile sur chêne
Acquisition : Purchase (1843)
| An Allegory with the Duke of Buckingham
Item 3 on 22
Flemish and Northern Painting
Painting (Allegory)
Area related
England
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Powerful and unpopular, George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham (1592-1628), was a favorite of kings James I and Charles I. In this sketch for a ceiling at his London residence, Buckingham is borne aloft by Minerva, goddess of wisdom, and Mercury, god of eloquence, while Envy tries to pull him down.
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